Catalogue - Antique Clocks and Barometers
Catalogue - Antique Clocks and Barometers
Catalogue - Antique Clocks and Barometers
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JOHN BERRY, LONDON<br />
fine George II period quarter repeating spring table clock veneered<br />
with ebony. The elegant case of rare small size st<strong>and</strong>s on four brass<br />
block moulded feet <strong>and</strong> has an inverted bell top surmounted by a knopped<br />
brass carrying h<strong>and</strong>le.<br />
The 4¾ in (12 cm) brass dial is mounted with crown <strong>and</strong> sceptre corner<br />
sp<strong>and</strong>rels <strong>and</strong> a silvered chapter ring with subsidiary dials in the arch for<br />
strike/silent <strong>and</strong> rise/fall pendulum regulation.<br />
The substantial two train fusée eight day duration movement has quarter<br />
repeat work on five bells with the hours sounded on a separate bell. It has<br />
a verge escapement <strong>and</strong> the back plate is engraved with flowers, foliage <strong>and</strong><br />
a hoho bird.<br />
Date: circa 1730<br />
Height excluding h<strong>and</strong>le: 13 in (32 cm) Dial width: 4¾ in (12 cm)<br />
* John Berry worked with his father of the same name who had been apprenticed<br />
to John Ebsworth in the 1690’s. Their workshop was at the Dial in St Clements<br />
Lane <strong>and</strong> John Junior was active until 1748.<br />
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